Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	56.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (91%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140620
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '18 at 04:24
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	91%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 119 2-Core 242 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 640 71% 557 Pts	64-Core 649 40% 649 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 3724) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	58% Above average	Lighting 71.7 Reflection 69.9 Parallax 61.4 58% 67.7 fps	MRender 72.3 Gravity 68.1 Splatting 69.7 57% 70 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 93 95 95 94 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 161 Write 118 Mixed 134 SusWrite 94.8 28% 127 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 29.9 127% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 79.9 73% 111 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 61%
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 70GB free Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 370 359 364 359 359 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 373 Write 377 Mixed 280 SusWrite 356 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 43 171% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 321 245% 331 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 567GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 108 111 111 108 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 113 Write 110 Mixed 81 SusWrite 109 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,124 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.9 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 17.3 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 62%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,306x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,184x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	789x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	341x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	307x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	137x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	248x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	151x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	120x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $798

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16